Some other takes on Bitcoin Core:

* Double billing is not healthy competition https://medium.com/@bramcohen/double-billing-is-not-healthy-...

* Lesser known reasons to keep blocks small in the words of Bitcoin Core developers https://medium.com/@elliotolds/lesser-known-reasons-to-keep-...

* The state of the Bitcoin union is strong https://medium.com/@muneeb/the-state-of-the-bitcoin-union-is...